Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 96 · 40 questions

Communication tip (Say it back to check): Checks understanding: repeating the steps back, asking “Do you mean…?”, writing the task down, asking for an example, saying it in your words. Skips checking: nodding without knowing, guessing what they meant, pretending you got it, staying quiet when lost, hoping for the best. A correct paraphrase keeps every detail: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” → “7 AM, big ground — got it.” A wrong one changes them: “7 PM at the small ground?”

1. 1.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
2. 2.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
3. 3.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to check you understood (c) to waste time (d) to make fun of them
18. 18.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
26. 26.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
34. 34.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
35. 35.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
37. 37.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “Whatever…”
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
40. 40.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True

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